The UK details a path to citizenship for Hong Kong applicants, after declaring that China had broken the terms of a 1984 handover treaty by imposing a new security law
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Home Secretary, Priti Patel, speaks to the media near to the scene of reported multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON - Britain’s route to citizenship for almost three million people in Hong Kong will open in January 2021, and applicants will not need a job to come to the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday. “We are planning to open the Hong Kong BN Visa for applications from January 2021,” Patel said in a written statement to parliament.
“There will be no skills tests or minimum income requirements, economic needs tests or caps on numbers. I am giving BN citizens the opportunity to acquire full British citizenship. “They do not need to have a job before coming to the UK - they can look for work once here. They may bring their immediate dependants, including non-BN citizens.”
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